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Cavity enhanced third harmonic generation in graphene

Cavity enhanced third harmonic generation in graphene
Cavity enhanced third harmonic generation in graphene
Graphene displays a surprisingly large third order nonlinearity. Here, we report that conversion efficiencies approaching 10–4 are possible for third harmonic generation (THG). Moreover, the atomically thin nature of graphene allows for simple integration in cavity designs to increase this even further. We demonstrate a 117-fold enhancement, of resonant vs non-resonant wavelengths in the THG from graphene due to the integration of a graphene layer with a resonant cavity. This large enhancement occurs as the cavity is resonant for both the fundamental field and the third harmonic. We model this effect using the finite difference time domain approach. By comparing our model with experiment, we are able to deduce the value of a bulk third order susceptibility of graphene of |χ(3)| = 4×10−17 (m/V)2 .
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Beckerleg, Chris, Constant, Thomas J, Zeimpekis, Ioannis, Hornett, Samuel M, Craig, Christopher, Hewak, Daniel and Hendry, Euan (2018) Cavity enhanced third harmonic generation in graphene. Applied Physics Letters, 112 (1), [011102]. (doi:10.1063/1.4999054).

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Graphene displays a surprisingly large third order nonlinearity. Here, we report that conversion efficiencies approaching 10–4 are possible for third harmonic generation (THG). Moreover, the atomically thin nature of graphene allows for simple integration in cavity designs to increase this even further. We demonstrate a 117-fold enhancement, of resonant vs non-resonant wavelengths in the THG from graphene due to the integration of a graphene layer with a resonant cavity. This large enhancement occurs as the cavity is resonant for both the fundamental field and the third harmonic. We model this effect using the finite difference time domain approach. By comparing our model with experiment, we are able to deduce the value of a bulk third order susceptibility of graphene of |χ(3)| = 4×10−17 (m/V)2 .
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 December 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 January 2018
Published date: January 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 416881
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/416881
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: 0e6e3c24-c9d4-4602-807e-6c39ab12d5b4
ORCID for Ioannis Zeimpekis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7455-1599
ORCID for Christopher Craig: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6919-4294
ORCID for Daniel Hewak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-5773

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Date deposited: 12 Jan 2018 17:30
Last modified: 21 Sep 2024 01:47

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Author: Chris Beckerleg
Author: Thomas J Constant
Author: Samuel M Hornett
Author: Christopher Craig ORCID iD
Author: Daniel Hewak ORCID iD
Author: Euan Hendry

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